Moving WebSphere Application Server (WAS) configuration items from one environment to another is not always as easy as you might expect. Using the property based configuration feature of WAS might help. This however requires to create...

There are many ways to query computer properties in BigFix. Web Reports has the Explore page, console can show you properties for a computer, REST API can pull computer properties. Sometimes you want an automated way to pull specific properties from a BigFix...

Ever since the release of Rational Rhapsody 8.0.6, the ability to format code generation has just become BIGGER and BETTER. Take a look at the list of properties that could be used to format the code as you want. Every element like Class, Operation, Attribute...

In this article I'm describing how to use shell commands to create results files which can then be pulled back as global properties for targeting, grouping and more. My example is using a simple shell command to count the number of running and shut-off...

Abstract This article aims at presenting an overview of Personal Property application on Maximo for Government and how can we use it. Introduction Personal Property on Maximo for Government is used to add, show property records details and to perform...

The first critical, and often overlooked, milestone for a startup is the founding of the company. At this stage, the startup should begin thinking strategically about the following issues: (1) the core idea upon which the startup is based, (2) the name of the...

Black Hat 2012 Computer security fascinates me. I freely admit that I don't have the chops that many do about cracking into or securing syststems, but I do alright for myself... on securing systems, that is. I'm certainly not claiming in any way that I spend...

Startups have been and continue
to be a major component of the technological industry. With the hope that a high-risk investment
will yield a profitable return, the founders and investors of a startup seek to
be a part of the next "big thing" or...

Do you make lists? Lists of things to do at work or home? Lists of items to pick up when you’re out running errands, or lists of songs to download? I love making lists, and I love them even better when I cross off things I’ve...

Introduction In this short article we'll cover the mail.debug property which can help isolate e-mail related problems, specifically those that may occur during communication between the JavaMail API and your corporate (or test) e-mail server. The JavaMail API...

I sometimes need to set a custom JVM Property for one or more Application Servers and dislike the tedium of setting them one-at-a-time through the console. Here's a Jython script for wsadmin to add a JVM Custom Property to a specified...

XML prefixes and the elementFormDefault property In a previous entry I had written about business objects and how within WebSphere Process Server they are compartmentalized by something called a "namespace". It should also be known that these...